G652 BIOSTATISTICS, PART III

FALL – 1999

 

Meeting Time:               Tuesday 5:45 – 8:25 p.m.

 

Class Location: R4153 (Regenstrief Fourth Floor Main Class  Room)

 

Dates:                           November 9  through December 14, 1999

                                   

Primary Text:                Practical Biostatistical Methods by Steve Selvin, Publisher: Duxbury Press

 

Reference Text:            Introduction to Probability and Statistics by Mendenhall and Beaver

 

Teaching Assistant:       Ed Brizendine               278-0595         ebrizen@iupui.edu        RG/4th

 

 Instructor:        Xiao-Hua (Andrew)  Zhou, Ph.D.

 Office: RG/6th floor

 Phone: 630-8248

E-mail: azhou@iupui.edu                                         Web site: http://www.biostat.iupui.edu/~zhou

 

 

 

Date

 

Topic

 

Required Reading

Homework

Given

Due

T     11/9

Introduction to Survival Analysis

21.4, handouts

 

 

 

Exponential Model

pp. 410-416

#1

 

T   11/16

Estimation of a Survival Function

p. 422

 

#1

 

Comparison of two survival times

pp. 431-437, handouts

#2

 

T  11/23

Cox’s regression model

p. 437-411, handouts

 

#2

 

Sensitivity/specificity, and predictive values

Handouts

#3

 

T   11/30

The ROC curve and its area

Handouts

 

#3

 

Verification bias

Handouts

#4

 

T   12/07

Quiz #3

 

 

#4

TH 12/14

 Final Exam

 

 

 

 

Homework will be given every Tuesday and due the following Tuesday.